22 Friday, June 2, 2017 SPORTS Root leads England to victoryand an unbroken 143 successive balls from Liam Scoreboard for the third wicket with Plunkett to leave Bangladesh skipper Eoin Morgan (75 not 261 for four in the 45th over. Bangladesh out). Fast bowler Plunkett took Tamim Iqbal c Buttler b Plunkett 128 But worryingly for England, four wickets for 59 runs Soumya Sarkar c sub (Bairstow) b Stokes 28 bidding to win their first major from his maximum 10 overs. Imrul Kayes c Wood b Plunkett 19 International Cricket Council ODI England came into this Mushfiqur Rahim c Hales b Plunkett 79 trophy, paceman Chris Woakes tournament featuring the Shakib Al Hasan c Stokes b Ball 10 bowled just two overs before world’s top eight ODI sides Sabbir Rahman c Roy b Plunkett 24 London suffering a potentially tournament- having made huge strides in Mahmuduallah not out 6 oe Root’s career-best ending left side strain. white-ball cricket in the past unbeaten 133 saw And Jason Roy, a day after two years. Mosaddek Hossain not out 2 EnglandJ to an eight-wicket Morgan guaranteed his tournament But they had to work Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 305 win over Bangladesh in the place, fell for just one -- his fifth hard in the field against a England opening match of the 2017 single figure score in his last six ODI Bangladesh side skittled out J. Roy c Mustafizur Rahman b Mashrafe Mortaza 1 Champions Trophy at the innings. for just 84 by Champions A. Hales c sub (Sunzamul Islam) b Sabbir Rehman 95 Oval on Thursday. Meanwhile Root suffered a calf Trophy holders India in a J. Root not out 133 England, set 306 for injury while batting. warm-up match at the Oval E. Morgan not out 75 victory, finished on 308 for Earlier Tamim Iqbal’s 128 was on Tuesday. Extras (lb2, w2) 4 two with 16 balls to spare. the centrepiece of Bangladesh’s 305 Hales, rarely troubled by a Total (2 wkts, 47.2 overs) 308 Root’s innings was for six after they lost the toss. Bangladesh attack lacking a Result: England won by eight wickets his highest in one-day Tamim received excellent support genuine fast bowler, struck a internationals, surpassing from Mushfiqur Rahim (79) in a four and a six off successive Man-of-the-match: Joe Root (ENG) his 125 against South Africa third-wicket partnership of 166. balls only to hole out off the at Centurion last year. That was Bangladesh’s highest leg-spinner’s next delivery. Not known as a big-hitter, England’s total was ODI stand outside of Asia, Bangladesh thought they had Root later lofted Rubel Hossain also the highest score by surpassing the 141 put on by Morgan out for 22 when Tamim, for a straight six and ended the a team batting second to Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah running in from long-on, claimed match with a four off Mossadek win a Champions Trophy when the Tigers knocked England a low catch but third umpire Bruce Hossain. match, topping Sri Lanka’s out of the 2015 World Cup with a Oxenford ruled the ball had touched Bangladesh return to the Oval 297 for three against them dramatic 15-run win in Adelaide. the turf. to face Australia on June 5, with at the Oval four years ago. Root’s two off Mortaza took him England continuing their Group A England’s Joe Root cel- Root put on 159 with Plunkett double to a 10th ODI hundred in 115 balls campaign against New Zealand in ebrates reaching 100 opener Alex Hales (95) Both batsmen, however, fell in with six fours. Cardiff the following day. Police video shows slurring Tiger India to get world’s first Miami ‘match poker’ league: IFP olf superstar Mumbai Tiger Woods ndia is to get the world’s first professional looksG disoriented and “match poker” league, organisers said unsteady in police yesterday,I as the card game follows in the video of his Monday footsteps of the hugely popular Indian Premier arrest on a charge of League. driving under the Cricket’s IPL spawned a host of similar influence, according leagues in the country featuring city-based to footage obtained and teams, such as football’s Indian Super League broadcast by US media and the Pro Kabaddi League. on Wednesday. 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